entertainer B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnɚ/ UK /ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/ See IPA manual Freq #17641 Meanings 1 noun A person whose job is to amuse an audience, such as a singer, actor, or comedian. As an entertainer, she has performed on stages all over the world. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person whose job is to... performer Word family Forms entertainers Derived forms politainer Etymology AI details From entertain + -er. *ten- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # entertainer **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/ **Frequency rank:** 17641 ## Meanings 1. A person whose job is to amuse an audience, such as a singer, actor, or comedian. ## Examples - As an entertainer, she has performed on stages all over the world. ## Derived Forms - politainer ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ten- ## Etymology From entertain + -er. ## AI Etymology Entertainer is formed from entertain + -er. In current use, the main sense is “A person whose job is to amuse an audience, such as a singer, actor, or comedian”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *ten-. ## Topics - People & Society markdown